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Middle Mississippi Exploitation of Animal Populations
Bruce D. Smith
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Bruce D. Smith reports on the faunal remains of seven Middle Mississippi sites in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri, in the northern part of the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Remains recovered include those from white-tailed deer, raccoon, fish, turkey, rabbits, black bear, and more. The seven sites—the Banks site, the Chucalissa site, the Gooseneck site, the Lilbourn site, Powers Fort, the Snodgrass site, and the Turner site—date to between AD 1000 and 1550.
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Contents
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Preface
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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I. Introduction
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"Middle Mississippi"
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The Cultural Adaptation
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Shortcomings of Prior Studies
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Description of Sites Being Analyzed
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II. Exploitation of Animal Populations
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Primary Prey Species
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Selective Reconstruction of Biotic Communities
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White-tailed Deer
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Raccoon
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Class 'Pisces'
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Migratory Waterfowl
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Wild Turkey
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Beaver
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Opossum
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Rabbits
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Snapping Turtles
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Domestic Dog
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Squirrels
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Black Bear
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Wapiti
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III. Patterns of Exploitation
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Seasonality of Exploitation
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Inter-zone Variation in Exploitation
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Selectivity of Exploitation
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Man's Role in the Ecosystem during the Mississippi Period
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IV. Appendixes
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A. The Chucalissa Site
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B. The Banks Site
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C. The Lilbourn Site
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D. The Powers Phase Sites
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E. The Gooseneck Site
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Bibliography
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Published: 1975
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- 978-1-951519-14-8 (ebook)
- 978-1-949098-04-4 (paper)